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Article: Tyrone Willingham makes football history as Notre Dame's first black head coach. (Sports).(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- January 21, 2002
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Tyrone Willingham was not the University of Notre Dame's first choice to lead its legendary "Fighting" Irish.
But now that he has earned the coveted title of head coach at one of the nation's most celebrated football programs--and the added distinction of being the first Black head coach of any sport at Notre Dame--Willingham aims to prove he's the best choice for the formidable job at hand: returning the Irish to dominance in college football, a place the team hasn't been since it was ranked No. 2 at the end of the 1993 season.
"That's why I'm here. To reach that level of excellence that this university has always had. I believe it can be ...